Tyrannosaur, Lynne Ramsay, Olivia Colman, Michael Fassbender win British Independent Film Awards

December 4, 2011 by Ryan Adams in Uncategorized | 19 Comments

Best British Independent Film: Tyrannosaur
Best Director: Lynne Ramsay for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender for Shame
Best Actress: Olivia Colman for Tyrannosaur
Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Redgrave for Coriolanus
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Smiley for Kill List
Best Screenplay: Richard Ayoade for Submarine
Best Achievement in Production: The Weekend

Best Foreign Film: A Separation
Best Documentary: Senna
Best Newcomer: Tom Cullen for The Weekend
Raindance Award: Leaving Baghdad
Best Debut Director: Paddy Considine, Tyrannosaur
Best Short Film: Chalk

Best Technical Achievement: Maria Djurkovic for Production Design on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Special Jury Prize: Graham Easton
Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution by an actor: Ralph Fiennes

19 Responses to Tyrannosaur, Lynne Ramsay, Olivia Colman, Michael Fassbender win British Independent Film Awards

  1. Grisha Nelyubin says:
    December 4, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    i’m not a gay, but TOM CULLEN – YEEES!!! totlly deserved. and also happy for Considine.

  2. MikeScott says:
    December 4, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    That’s cool for Tom Cullen. I haven’t seen the film as it hasn’t (and won’t) open here, but reviews for Weekend are fantastic. I’ll probably blind buy it once it hits Blu-ray.

  3. Jenny Lee says:
    December 4, 2011 at 1:49 pm

    MIchael Fassbender… YES!

  4. Paddy M says:
    December 4, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    So happy for Olivia Colman. When she won, she was thereafter trending worldwide on Twitter!

  5. manrico1967 says:
    December 4, 2011 at 2:09 pm

    At last. An award for Redgrave.

  6. Film fan says:
    December 4, 2011 at 2:24 pm

    Yay for the “Weekend” love. Truly one of the year’s best.

  7. EnglishCrumpet says:
    December 4, 2011 at 2:31 pm

    A great list of winners and truly a vintage year for British independent film! Excellent!!

  8. brace says:
    December 4, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    So glad For Olivia Colman.she deserves recognition.she will not get an Oscar nomination, but the real shame is that she wont get nominated for BAFTA either, they’ll nominate the same people as American Academy.

  9. Joan says:
    December 4, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Love the recognition for Lynne Ramsay, Weekend, Vanessa Redgrave and A Separation. I liked Tyrannosaur, so that’s not a bad choice, although I kind of wish they’d gone bolder with a choice like Senna or Kevin again. And I admire Colman’s one good scene but that’s not better than what Tilda did in her whole performance.

  10. Jeremy says:
    December 4, 2011 at 2:47 pm

    Any award Weekend picks up during the race, which may just be these two, I’ll be exponentially happy for. My second favorite film of the year.

    Happy for Fassbender as well. Explosive performer.

  11. manrico1967 says:
    December 4, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    I wouldn’t be surprise if the Los Angeles critics name Olivia Colman best actress.

    When they named Vera Farmiga best actress in 2005, the was a collective “Who?”

    When Daniel Day-Lewis won in 2007, the runner up was Frank Langella for “Starting Out in the Evening” WTF

    They seem to take satisfaction on recognizing actors and movies no one was thinking about.

  12. Joan says:
    December 4, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    I was actually betting on Jeong-hee Yoon to win LA Best Actress for Poetry.

  13. Antoinette says:
    December 4, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    So wait. TTSS is independent independent? I’m all confused. I need help from a British person or someone who has seen it. Next week when it comes out in select cities in the US, it’s playing in what I would call an arthouse type theater closest to me. Meaning small screen and normal old seats, etc. I thought TTSS was a proper “movie” not necessarily a “film”. By “movie” I mean something with Hollywood type finishing touches that would be best viewed on a huge screen with stadium seating and a super duper sound system, etc. A “film” you could watch on your computer and it wouldn’t make a difference. I like to see movies as soon as possible but if I’m not going to get the full oomph of it by seeing it in a small room then maybe I will wait. Can anyone help me? :(

  14. Keifer says:
    December 4, 2011 at 5:55 pm

    Redgrave all the way. Finally. A most deserved Best Supporting Actress citation.

    And Ramsay getting the nod for “We Need to Talk About Kevin” nails it.

    Fassbender being cited. Way to go!

    I’m thrilled with this selection of winners (because they are not standard cookie-cutter selections) . . . they show some real thought in working out a citation for a well-deserved artist.

  15. Clayton says:
    December 4, 2011 at 6:35 pm

    I’m thrilled that Weekend is getting some love. One of the year’s best, by far.

  16. WalterNeff says:
    December 4, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Side note – the site is running like a dream in Safari on my iMac. Excellent.

  17. douglas says:
    December 4, 2011 at 7:42 pm

    just saw tyrannosaur last night. blown away by it. posted the trailer on fb. and when i woke up, this news greeted me! yay!

  18. Bharat says:
    December 4, 2011 at 9:59 pm

    Off Topic. The top 10 lists have started to descend.

    http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2011/top-ten-movies/
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/dec/04/best-film-2011-peter-bradshaw?CMP=twt_fd

  19. Ryan Adams says:
    December 4, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    Thanks, Bharat!

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